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Sheet Pan Chicken Shawarma

This “Sheet Pan Shawarma” style recipe from the food network is brilliant in terms of flavor and ease. 
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings: 5
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 TBS Olive oil 28 - 30 grams
  • 1 TSP ground cumin
  • ½ TSP ground cinnamon
  • ¼ TSP ground allspice
  • ¼ TSP ground cardamom
  • ¼ TSP ground Turmeric
  • 2 cloves garlic finely minced
  • Salt and Pepper to taste – about 2 TSP Salt
  • 1 LB boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into 1-inch thin strips
  • 1 medium onion about 6 OZ – thinly sliced pole to pole
  • 1 CUP Tzatziki
  • 1 Roma Tomato seeded and diced small
  • 1 cup Shredded Lettuce
  • Pita Bread
Tzatziki Ingredients:
  • 1 cup full fat or 2% plain Greek yogurt like Fage
  • 1 clove garlic finely minced
  • Zest of one lemon
  • Juice of one lemon 2 TBS
  • 1 TSP finely minced fresh mint
  • 1 TSP finely minced fresh dill
  • ½ English Cucumber seeded and diced small
  • ½ TSP salt
  • Pepper to taste

Equipment

  • 1 1/2 sheet pan Parchment paper to cover the sheet
  • 1 Mixing Bowl

Method
 

  1. Step 1 – marinate the chicken (you can do this an hour before or the day before)
  2. Combine the cumin, cinnamon, allspice, cardamom, turmeric, garlic and olive oil. You can add the salt now, or season the chicken before baking, it is up to you.
  3. Cut the chicken into thin strips 1 inch long and add them to the marinade.
  4. Peel the onion cut it in half from pole to pole, and then slice it thinly from pole to pole.
  5. Toss the chicken and onion everything in the marinade, cover and refrigerate for an hour or more. Today, I marinated for about 4 hours.
  6. Step 2 - Make the Tzatziki:
  7. Combine all of the ingredients for the Tzatziki, yogurt, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, mint, dill, cucumber, salt.
  8. Stir it up, put it in a small serving bowl, cover it with plastic and refrigerate.
  9. Step 3 – get ready for dinner time:
  10. Preheat the oven to 450 °
  11. Spread the chicken and onions onto the parchment covered baking sheet.
  12. Dice up the Roma tomato and shred the lettuce
  13. Lightly toast the pita.
  14. When oven reaches temperature, put the baking sheet onto the middle rack and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, until the chicken and the onions brown.
  15. You can do this any way you like:
  16. Spread Tzatziki on the pita
  17. Scoop up some shawarma and put it onto the pita
  18. Top with tomato and lettuce
  19. Basically, a middle eastern taco
  20. OR
  21. Cut the pita in half and open it like a pocket
  22. Fill it as you like
  23. This is also lovely over some rice if you don’t want to go the pita route.